FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Hamlet swims like Hercules back home.
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Pirates bring Hamlet home.
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The first letter tells Horatio that pirates beset the ship on which Hamlet was being carried to England. In the ensuing battle, the pirates took Hamlet captive; they treated him well and brought him back to Denmark.
Detailed explanation-2: -The ship carrying Hamlet, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to England has been attacked by a pirate vessel. In hand-to-hand fighting, Hamlet boarded the pirate boat, which then broke free, leaving Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to continue on their voyage to England without their prisoner.
Detailed explanation-3: -The pirates are a plot device called a deus ex machina. The pirates took Hamlet as their prisoner, treated him well, and brought him back to Denmark. Hamlet says they did this because they wanted a favor from the prince. Hamlet then tells Horatio that Horatio has to let the sailors bring his other letters to Claudius.
Detailed explanation-4: -This is because they wanted him to do them a favor. Hamlet does not reveal in his letter what this favor is. He is clearly relieved that his run-in with the pirates saved him from being killed upon his arrival in England, which was Claudius’s plan for him.
Detailed explanation-5: -Groping about in the darkness, he discovered letters addressed to the English King, which he managed to open with surreptitious skill. To his surprise, he read that Claudius had requested the king of England to imprison and behead Hamlet as quickly as possible.